OPENCAST MACHINERY

A Project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of requirement for the Award of

the Degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

In

MINING ENGINEERING

BY

R.SANDEEP (15402-MNG-099)
R.PRUDHVISAI (15402-MNG -101)

R.VIRENDAR (15402-MNG-103)
S.MANOJKUMAR (15402-MNG-105)

V.SUDHARSHAN (15402-MNG-117)
Under the guidance of

MR.SANDEEP(PROJECT ENGINEER)

SINGARENI COLLERIES COMPANY LIMITED.

DEPARTMENTOFMININGENGINEERING

SREEKAVITHENGINEERINGCOLLEGE

KARAPALLY-507122,TELANGANASTATE.
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MAIN PROJECT REPORT ON

OPENCAST MACHINERY-CASE STUDY

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement

For the award of degree of Bachelor of Technology

IN

MINING ENGINEERING

Submitted by

RACHAKATLA SANDEEP

RAPAKA PRUDHVI SAI

RAVULA VIRENDAR

SARAM MANOJ KUMAR

VALLAMKONDA SUDHARSHAN

Under the Esteemed Guidance of

DEPARTMENTOFMININGENGINEERING

SREEKAVITHENGINEERINGCOLLEGE

2018
 SREE KAVITH ENGINEERING COLLEGE

, karapally(Vil), singareni (Mdl),khammam (Dst)

507122, Telangana (India)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr.Rachkatla sandeep, Mr. Rapaka Prudhvi sai,Mr.Ravula

virendar,Mr.SaramManoj kumar, and Mr.Vallamkonda sudharshan.

Have satisfactorily completed the project work entitled “OPENCAST

MACHINERY -A CASE STUDY’.An Industry Oriented Main Project Report
submitted in fulfillment of the curriculum, Bachelor of Technology in
MININGENGINEERING,SREE KAVITH ENGINEERING COLLEGE is a
record of bonafide work carried out by him/her guidance and supervision.

MR.SANDEEP HEAD OF DEPT

PROJECT ENGINEER

The SingareniCollieries Co.Ltd.

.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Several people have directly contributed for the successful completion of the
project .I take pleasure in acknowledging their individual help.

I feel honored to have worked with our guide MR.SANDEEP (Project Engineer) in
SCCL for his encouragement to take up this particular project.

I am indebted to extend my heart full thanks to, Head of the department of

MINING ENGINEERING, for the valuable guidance.

I gratefully acknowledge the guidance and technical help received from for
providing me with all the facilities sought and their guidance throughout this work.

I also express my gratitude to one and all that who have directly or indirectly
helped me in completing this project successfully.
 ABSTRACT

The purpose of present project is, modern mining industry is highly mechanized
and relies on massive, multimillion dollar pieces of equipment to achieve
production targets.

Diesel powered shovels are used to surface metal and non metal overburden
removal and ore loading it either on a dumper or railway wagon or over the soil
dump. Many different sizes shovels may be used depending upon the type of
operation and maintenance of diesel powered shovels.In thismethodology includes
operation of a shovel i.e.; bucket hoist mechanism, swing mechanism and propel
mechanism. A dozer is used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble and other
materials during construction. A grader is a construction machine with a long blade
used to create a flat surface during the grading process. A dumper is used for
transporting loose materials (such as gravel, sand, = or demolition waste) for
construction. Maintenance includes different types of maintenance which is carried
out in an industry.

As a result the focus of all mining operations is to increase equipment uptime and
utilization.

The whole project is carried out on OPENCAST MACHINERY available at

SCCL OCP-2 Ramagundam-3 Area.
CONTENTS

Chapters
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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1: Introduction of opencast mine 1

1.2: Location of OC-2 (RG-3 AREA) 2

2.SHOVEL

2.1:Introduction of shovel 3

2.2: Uses of shovel 3

2.3: Selection of shovel 4

2.4: Shovel controls 4

2.5: Shovel safety 6

2.6: Worksite safety 6

2.7: Shovel emergency procedure. 7

2.8.Classification of shovel

2.8.1:Classification based on working mechanism 9

2.8.2:Classification based on power 9

2.8.3:Classification based on bucket type of shovels 9

2.8.4:Classification based on bucket sizes 10

3. ROPE SHOVEL

3.1: Description of a rope shovel. 11

3.2: Optimal working ranges 11

4. HYDRAULIC SHOVEL

4.1:Description of hydraulic shovel 12

4.2: Features 12

4.3: Advantages 12

4.4: Checks before starting 15

5.BULL DOZER

5.1:Description of dozer 16

5.2:Bull dozer blade 17

5.3:Modified bulldozer 19

5.4: Armored bulldozer 20

5.5: Operators compartment of dozer 21

5.6: Easy maintenance 23

6:GRADER

6.1: Description of grader 24

6.2: Grader types 25

6.3: Operation of grader 26

6.4: Blade pitch and angles 27

6.5: Tips for better grading 28

6.6: Work safety 28

7:DUMPER

7.1: Operation of dumpers 30

7.2: Checks before starting operation 31

7.3: Precautions 31

7.3.1: While forwarding or reversing

7.3.2: While travelling 31

7.3.3: While travelling on slopes 32

7.4: Transportation 32

7.4.1: Loading and unloading 32

7.4.2: Shipping 33

7.5: Classification of dumpers

7.5.1: Side dump truck 34

7.5.2: Semi trailer bottom dump truck 35

7.5.3: Double and Triple trailer bottom dump truck 35

8:CONCLUSION 36

9:REFERENCE 37
LIST OFFIGURES:

Shovel Bucket 10

Rope shovel 11

Hydraulic shovel 12

Bull dozer 16

Bull dozer blade 17

Semi U tilt dozer 18

Modified bull dozer 19

Armored bull dozer 20

Grader 24

Dumper 33

Side dump truck 34

Semi trailer bottom dump truck 35